National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent says Trump "started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby".

The Trump administration's top official on counterterrorism has resigned from his position, citing opposition to the war in Iran, and urged the president to "reverse course".

In a letter posted on Tuesday to his X account, National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent said that Iran posed "no imminent threat" to the US and claimed that the Trump administration "started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby".

Kent, 45, is a US special forces and CIA veteran whose wife, navy cryptologic technician Shannon Kent, was killed in a suicide bombing in Syria in 2019.

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[–] 8 points 7 months ago (9 children)

A rightrous politician? No, it can't be. What's the catch?

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  • [–] 29 points 7 months ago* (6 children)

    The catch: He is a white supremacist with ties to Nick Fuentes and his motivations may rather be rooted in hatred for Israel and him disapproving of Trump fighting a war at Netanyahu's behest.

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    The two of them may not like each other all that much, but all of these articles affirm their connections and their past interactions with each other. And whether they Fuentes and Kent are amicable towards each other or not, they run with the same crowd of white supremacists and neo-nazis.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    You're the one who said they had ties. What I posted showed that those 'ties' are weak at best and are mostly composed of animosity.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    One of the articles you posted contains this bit:

    According to Fuentes, who could not be reached for comment, Kent told him “I love what you’re doing.” Fuentes said he and his organization — as well as his social media following — boosted Kent’s message.
    “We retweeted his stuff, we showed his stuff on Gab, we got his social media up off the ground,” Fuentes said in the three-and-a-half-hour livestream. “That was part of that call.”

    So whether you believe Fuentes or rather Kent's denial, Fuentes was at one time convinced that they are working together. That's "ties" to me. YMMV

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    He's a white supremacist with ties to Nick fuentes

    That's horrible!

    may be rooted in a hatred for Israel and disapproval over Trump fighting a war at Nets behest

    Ok, now I'm getting mixed signals.

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